Pens and other turned items

This is a batch of turned items, some of which are for gifts. I returned from New Zealand and brought back 94 lbs of various woods that were unique to the area there. I turned some pens from some of the wood from NZ for co-workers that went with me to NZ and then I also turned several pens from Box Elder for the folks down in NZ that gave me the wood. One of the black pens is made from a bull horn for a friend from TX. The Ice cream paddle and coffee scoop are for the wife, made from woods from NZ and the two 1/4” rod handles are for tools for my lathe made from wood from NZ as well.

Nice group of turnings. The pens look cool with the different woods. I also made myself a knock out rod and even though my new lathe came with one, I like mine so much better. It’s nice to use tools you made.